Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-21
ARRnL1ANr CORRESPONDENT.

IF. D. NJ the political correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, IS
probably the most gigantic and tricky
liar Oh the American continent. He
is also Il Of the most accomplished
journalists in the profession and
handles politics rs Sticky as a bank
clerk m~anipulates a pile Of bills. When
MI. MUSsEY Ia given an assignment, the
editor knows that, lie matter what the
occasion OF the facts connected with 1T be,
the Democratic party will be handled Ito
the queens taste" and the great body OF
the Commercial GdzsHs's readers more than
satisfied with the news" Mr.. MUSsEY
- SoDa-olIr st-t;~~oa at Washington to
take care OF the political news for his
paper, but the political world does not
always reyOlye about the capital and
neither does r. d. NJ" He was at Phil
adelphia, for instance, in the shadow Of
the President, who is Immensely pop
ular with the masses of the people.
This latter tact the Commercial Gazette
is ~neryously aware of, and hence put its
most accomplished liar Oh that assign
ment And IF. ID. NJ" proved a god
send to the COnmerciaE- Gazette and the
minor organs, the htsHigeReer for one, that
get much of their political news" from
that paper. Other liars had preceded him,
but they simply made a bOtch Of it. "F.
ID. NJ" didn't bOtch it. Not much. His
account reads so straight and so honestly
that Mrs. CLEVELAND herself, were she
to read it, would actually be forced to be-
lieve that she turned her back not only to
FORAKER and his wife. but to every
Grand Army man and Republican in the
parade and at the subsequent reception.
1t is pretty generally acknowledged that
Philadelphia has some liars Of her own,
but not q Republican paper in Philadel-
phia accused Mrs. CLEVELAND o. ''snub-
bing' any person. On the contrary, the
Quaker City press is unanimous in pro-
claiming to the world that never was
Philadelphia graced By the presence OF q
more aniable and lovely lady than Mrs.
GROVER CLEVELAND
The BLAINE journals Cd the spot saw no
chance for campaign material and Judging
from their glowing praises OF the lady,
they never thought Of such 4 thing. 1t
was left 10 fJcgtkl c~)rreSp)ai3ltS who
knew nothing about it to make campaign
material out of Mrs. C~LEyELAND's pres.
ence in Philadelphia.
IF. d. Ms" dispatches in this line are
really works Of art. Knowing full well
how hard it will be to make even the most
radical Republican believe a word of what
he writes about Mrs. CLEVELAND he be-
gins by denying the whole thing. Fol-
lowing this up by throwing a lot Of sand
in his readers eyes he suddenly springs a
superstition upon him. This is all the
basis that IF. d. NJ" needs. In the
course of a dozen or so sentences this sup
position by process Of literary ledgerdemain
assumes all the traits and characteristics
ola positive fact, and IF. D. NJ" modest
ly says:
Whatever may be the feeling toward
Foraker or the taking of sides between him
and Cleveland, it is certain that in her act
Mrs Cleveland has injured herself before
the people By this childish and uudignided
act.
Mr.. CLEVELAND uncovered to FORA
KER for which IF. d. NJ" magnanimOus-
ly gives him credit, unless" be adds,
she delegated the duty of insulting the
Governor of Ohio and his wife to Mrs.
CLEVELAND. If so, then so much the
worse for Me-. CLEVELAND"
Now, here we have President CLEyE-
LAND and his wife positively convicted of
a heinous Offense against deeency, by IF.
d. NJ" without one iOta of evidence, ac-
cording to "F. ID. Ms" own confession,
by q process of reasoning that would daze
the mind Of the proverbial Philadelphia
lawyer. QUAINT pOssHRt rer6a!,
Verify, so long ~ the brilliant IF. d..
M" stands by it the Commercial Gazette
and its satellites need not fear that their
facts will ever conflict with their poll
tics" or that the ''bloOdy shirt" will not
always have bright red spots upon it.
Wants TO Be Called Pet Names
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